Cultivator.



T. R. HARMON.

cumv'non.

APPLICAUON FILED JAN-9, IBIS.

Patented Sept. 24, 19181 `2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

auf lift Y@1s-hamm 20 and a5, Y,

'w45 seemed tov was Outer-'findkb #he sheltS-l ,Mid 34 trained around pulleys 35 moun o rotate with the ground wheels 5. The pulleys are of large :f1-,1., computed-msm 5 pulleys 33, and the pulleys 30 are of large diameter compared with the pulleys 28, and 'it will be lobvious that, from the ground muffa', a high imparted to the shafts 26, .andto the'rotary diggers 27 carried thereby. Y

diggers@ are indesed witlnn .casing 36V- yprovaded `at', their ends Weth mamelles 37. aeeeiwin the dwfts 26,

ionedf soilseng` shoes 38 upon whviehare heavy 39,141?- videdfizf desired, with f'lznndlesfM, Y be iaclhends of armsgl are-.samued 3o theensangs 369th fer-werdende ofv the-arms perni pwoted to depending 4ythe Bull to Irgaes 43 are. secured as ahmvn at 44-wine1beams 25. Downwardly extended supports 45 am attached VtoA fhebeams-25 in front-of the bull tmgues-48. Fend1s46 30 aarelpvoiaed51h48 tor the supports-$5 and' in- .clude rearwardly extendedlingers/417.

The platform 18 Vcarries an upsanding frame '49 terminating in a bear-1n 50V in which any inclinedy shsfirl is jou the B5 shaft being provided with afcrahln 52 whenebybhef-shau maybe retained by a. yoceupyiug the seat 21. The'lower forwardlend Yoff'esha'fb 511 'carries 'a beveled pinion'53 meshing ntofahbeveled" pinion' 54f`o'n altmns- 40 vane'sliat 55, the' pinns-'53and 54. being balad1 in mesh! by mains f a: yoke 56- -ing'itlieshbfts Tlmtransverse'akaxft 55! 1s .j joiln'aled-'n bearings' on thelznsams of the auiilia frame," BeveledlprnonsiB-sre enlds 'ofthe-'shaft '55 land mesh yintof bewelbd'pnfons 59 secured tothe upper 5, any suitable means 'Whemby'a'longltudlnazl 'movement 0f thescrews withdr t to the beams 17 may be preventnd. e serewe'f are' threaded into nuts 64 located in recesses fashioned; in fhe beams 2"'of tha-main fname, thef'beams 2' having, at" the ddee of we recessesf, lngimdinalsloesf,

redaivirlgffor'slidingrmovementtrmmions 67 =that thevcasings may n 11a Y efventwally with rcspecttothe/shafts.

@he naary ends oflmhewcasngs are fashbmi endmi al operation, when flue machine, in Vl, :is drammij wer'm' wannabe-mms' ger! 'Lllfved Ime''tp soil "luto a dry dust mulch, and the casings 36 Will prevent this mulch from being' blown about by the wind. mi-. the arms 41 which are pvoted to the brack- 1'5ts'42, and in view of the fact that the casrgscarry the heavy Weights 39, vthe shoes ng along the grounilgvwm press 'by the rotary iggers 27. Further, the diggers 27 will sewem annui;- andx eradicate Weeda.,` The 43 sentev to f owenupall'wsedsfwhwhf cannot be reached by the-rotating d' 2.7, thejaulclsf46 Plevelisiagrtba plants' Shinnbeing;

m ,dnswmal A' or even during e' Y means pinionemand r. Bamm.. means of the beveled pinons 58 and 59. l

n fin thenuts forward the auxiliary m6 downwardly, and' the rear end of the? auxiliary frame, S0 thabttly-vamw -vf f.

aleman' misunh' as rotary dinars ly ma beelmfrcspectmtheswhceofthe :Since die'lvumions of the nuts-64 'have movement mtlnfshtsofvthe beams vQ'Ic'x-ialm nmm'llmnyth'wiilzmraise nrjmetinnywhoh kunt, when the'. fdrwimd ,dnjuf this mmldad 1 uw the'axztionofthe 5.,.; nur.

j 36 are carried by t the dust mulch produced Til 1 0 drivlng' the soil-engaging membafmnvthe ground wheel; a pech? dispbsediat thefrear and 'means packer pi'vdtally, for upon the truck.

2. In a device' of' the` class described, a curati; a remy sailwngsgmgfmenaer journaled on the truck; mealslfr driving the samen 'fopanksr symd at che soil' u member-and In; :mamans Yfor supponing epuekerpiveeaiy, for swngngf mwement, upon the truck.

"a ne dem-eene ma, e'

truck; a ground wheel oonstitutn a part mounted on the truck, the arm"being pivoted of the truck; hangers depending om the to the last specified hanger.

truck; a shaft journaled 1n the hangers; a In testimony that I claim the foregoing rotary soil-en aging member carried by the as my own, I have hereto aixed my slgna- 5 shaftgdmeelns1 or drivng thelshaft ill-10m thle ture in the presence of two witnesses. 15

groun w ee a oasmg mo oslng t e so' engaging menlber and vertically movable THEOPHILUS R' HARMON' with respect to the shaft, the casing being Witnesses: of suclent weight to form a packer; an MARY F. SERGI, .10 arm carried by the easing; and a hanger A. L. DEUTHIT.

(lopies ot this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner o! Intent., Wlllufhm, l). 0. 

